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core77.com - 10/10/2008

FLOTspotting : Floppy Disk Turned USB Drive, by Thomas O'Connor

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From the Coroflot portfolio of : Thomas O'Connor (Detroit, MI) Featured Project : USB Floppy Drive Bringing the 80's back for a reason is Coroflot member Tomas O'Connor: "The design is simple. My intention was to recycle/reuse old, outdated and obsolete 1.44mb floppy discs and reuse ...

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ubergizmo.com - 10/13/2008

Floppy Disk Makes A Comeback

— ubergizmo.com — The humble floppy disk used to be the epitome of portable data storage, but advances in technology... has long relegated it to the ranks of the dodo. Some creative mind has decided to bring a blast from the past with this USB-enabled floppy disk - it ... (more) Floppy Disk Makes A Comeback

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ohgizmo.com - 10/14/2008

Concept Design Brings Back The Floppy Disk

— ohgizmo.com — By Luke Anderson I’m very glad that I’m living in the age I do. Sure, part of... my childhood was spent using floppy disks as a medium of storage, but thankfully CD’s and later USB flash drives became a much better alternative. I ... (more) Concept Design Brings Back The Floppy Disk

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dvice.com - 10/14/2008

Bringing back the floppy disk for the 21st century

— dvice.com — You remember the floppy disk , I'm sure. A once-useful storage device with a drive built into... every computer, it could hold just over 1MB of data, which is basically nothing nowadays. That's why you never see them anymore. But come on, you've got to ... (more) Bringing back the floppy disk for the 21st century

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• TheFlo

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  Worthless, but cool. AWESOME. 1.3 MEGS OF STORAGE!

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Bringing back the floppy disk for the 21st century
DVICE Atom Feed — ... you never see them anymore. But come on, you've got to admit that you have a soft spot in your heart for the resilient little things. This awesome USB floppy disk makes the lovable little square relevant again. It can be plugged into your USB drive and can then store GBs worth of data rather than MBs, and it even has a built-in stand that flips out so it can stand up next to your computer. And it's just as portable and durable as you remember it. How awesome is this? Via Core77

USB Floppy Drive Concept: Oregon Trail Not Included [Concepts]
Gizmodo — ... with this charming USB Floppy Drive. Take one of those floppy disks granpappy's always going on about, hollow it out, stuff it with some flash storage and a USB dongle and you've got a "sustainable" and nostalgic USB drive. It looks to be a mere concept right now, but I bet an enterprising modder could whip one of these up in no time. [Core77] ...

Is Your USB Flash Drive Floppy?
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide — ... I’m all into USB flash drives, the tinier the better, with some massive storage.  But there are days when I miss the old time floppies too.  So when Thomas O’Connor takes his abandoned floppies and use them as casings for his USB drives, I tell myself hey I can do the same.  Someone should probably mass produce this though, but if you get a kick of making one yourself at home, go for it.  [Core77] ...

USB Floppy Disk
Tech Blog — ... Unlike other concepts, the idea behind this is "to recycle/reuse old, outdated and obsolete 1.44mb floppy discs and reuse the housings to create modern, USB hard drives." Click here for more pictures of the USB floppy disk. Take one of those floppy disks granpappy's always going on about, hollow it out, stuff it with some flash storage and a USB dongle and you've got a "sustainable" and nostalgic USB drive. [via Gizmodo - Core77] ...

USB floppy disk brings back memory from the past
MAKE Magazine — Thomas O'Connor's "USB Floppy Drive" is a nice reimagination of technology from the not-so-distant past. We've seen a lot of these imaginative USB drives and hopefully we'll see a kit soon that will let you easily create your own design. via Core77 Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!

Power On Self Test: Prometheus Returns
Boing Boing Gadgets — How much flash could you stash in a 3.5" floppy? Lots. USB Floppy Drive [Coroflot Core 77 Oh Gizmo]

Concept Design Brings Back The Floppy Disk
OhGizmo! — ... a year or two ago. Well if you’re into the retro thing and want to relive the “good ol’ days” then check out these USB Floppy Disks. This concept calls for the use of actual recycled floppy disks to house some type of USB storage. If these could be created for a decent price, I think there would be a decent market for them. You’d definitely get some strange looks pulling out a floppy disk and hooking it up to your computer. [ CoroFlot ] VIA [ Core77 ] ...